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**It's more fun that way**

Lets arrange the example you gave into some sort of structure:

>You can have me but cannot hold me;  
Gain me and quickly lose me.  
If treated with care I can be great,  
And if betrayed I will break.

This actually doesn't have regular rhythm, and the rhyme is not very good. Here is my attempted rewrite:

>Even when you have me, hold me you may not;  
Lose me in a moment, slowly though I'm wrought;  
Treat me with compassion, I can take you far,  
But, betray my keeper, me, you'll break and mar.  
What am I?

This version has a regular rhythm and proper rhymes. Is it not more fun to read? If you figure out the rhythm, it can read quite smoothly.

Riddles are fun, and giving them structure and rhyme makes them *more* fun. If they have good rhythm, you can memorize them and repeat them to yourself easily. You can think about them without having them in front of you, or recite them to friends when you like.